GSE Scholarships

To be eligible for GSE school-based scholarships, students must:

• Maintain enrollment in two courses (six credits) for summer, fall, and spring semesters;
• Demonstrate financial need by completing a FAFSA; and
• Meet minimum GPA requirements: a 3.5 undergraduate GPA and a 3.75 graduate GPA.
• Only U.S. citizens and Eligible Non-Citizens (as determined by FAFSA) are eligible to apply for and receive GSE scholarships. 

Note: Fordham University’s Federal School Code is #002722.

Listed below are all the scholarship opportunities available through Fordham GSE for incoming students and continuing students, for both campus-based and online degree programs.*

Incoming students may apply to more than one scholarship program during the admissions process.

Continuing students may re-apply for a graduate assistantship and/or the Opportunity and Excellence scholarship for each new academic year. Students may be considered for both aid programs. However, awards are issued based on the availability of funding.

Incoming students and continuing students who wish to be considered for the Catholic School Scholarship must complete a separate application that may be obtained via the Center for Catholic School Leadership and Faith-Based Education webpage. Read more and apply.

*Bear in mind that not all GSE school-based aid scholarships are renewable. Please browse each section below for more information on the specific criteria for each.

New students must apply for GSE school-based aid (graduate assistantships/scholarships) during the admissions application process.* There is no financial aid application deadline for new students; however, awards are issued based on the availability of funds.

• When completing the online admissions application, check "yes" to receiving GSE school-based aid on the financial aid supplemental form.
• GSE school-based aid applications will be reviewed once a student has officially been notified by the Admissions Office of their acceptance into a degree program.
• New students should file the FAFSA upon submitting their application for admission to ensure a student's GSE school-based aid application is reviewed promptly.
• Award eligibility is based on a student's final cumulative degree program GPA and demonstration of financial need as evidenced via the FAFSA.
• Award decisions will be made once a student's FAFSA has been verified to determine eligibility.

*If you have already submitted your online admissions application, please get in touch with the GSE Financial Aid Office at [email protected] or Anisa Torres-Sanchez, Director of GSE School-Based Aid, at [email protected].

• Continuing students must apply by the February 1 deadline (for the next academic year) for GSE school-based aid (graduate assistantships/scholarships).
• Submit an application via the www.fordham.edu portal through the “Student Tab”; choose the GSE Financial Aid link under "My Accounts".  Late applications will not be accepted.
• Each new academic year, all continuing students may reapply for GSE school-based aid (assistantships/scholarships) when a student is enrolling in coursework to complete a degree program.
• The GSE Financial Aid Office will notify continuing students by the end of the fall semester regarding when applications will be available for each new academic year; the applications will include consideration for summer, fall, and spring semester awards.
• Continuing students may be considered for both a graduate assistantship and a scholarship. However, because graduate assistantships are based upon availability of funding and the administrative needs of GSE, they are not guaranteed to any student. 
• GSE scholarship decisions will be made by mid-March (if a student’s FAFSA is on file); graduate assistantship decisions will be made by mid-April for summer awards and by mid-June for fall/spring awards.